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The Clay Mineralogy of the Shaly Portions of the Brassfield Limestone THE CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE SHALY PORTIONS OF THE BRASSFIELD LIMESTONE ERNEST G. EHLERS AND KARL V. HOOVER Department of Mineralogy, The Ohio State University and Industrial Minerals Section, Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio INTRODUCTION The Brassfield limestone outcrops over a wide area in southwestern Ohio. It shows considerable variation in physical characteristics, laterally as well as vertically. The clay minerals associated with this formation have never been examined. It was hoped that a study of these minerals might provide additional information ^Brassfield Outcrop • Section * Core FIGURE 1. Locations of cores and stratigraphic sections. THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 61(4): 227, July, 1961 228 EHLERS AND HOOVER Vol. 61 on the variable lithology of this formation, and perhaps indicate distinctive differ- ences among the various units. REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Brassfield limestone is of Silurian age and is the only formation of the Albion group which outcrops in Ohio. The area of its surface exposure is limited to southwestern Ohio (fig. 1); the outcrop area trends northeastward from the vicinity of Fairhaven, in Preble County, to central Miami County, and thence southeastward to the Ohio River near Rome, in Adams County. The outcrop area of the Brassfield limestone is divided lithologically into northern and southern zones. The boundary between these zones is a covered area in southern Clinton County. The Brassfield formation is underlain by the Elkhorn formation, which usually consists of red and green shales, although locally it contains quartz or calcite-rich lenses. Stout (1941) reported that the Elkhorn generally contains the minerals sericite, biotite, celadonite, and hematite. Above the Brassfield lies the Dayton formation. This is commonly a bluish-gray silicious calcite-rich dolomite; locally it is a limestone. U. Brassfield Brassfield Belfast Elkhorn FIGURE 2. Typical Brassfield limestone section in the southern outcrop zone (locality 234). The Brassfield formation is divided into three stratigraphic units, the Belfast (which is a transitional zone with the Elkhorn), the Lower Brassfield, and Upper Brassfield. The Belfast unit is a greenish-gray, fine grained argillaceous dolomite or dolomitic limestone. These carbonate beds contain intercalated greenish-gray clay shales, which make up from 3 to 30 percent of the total thickness of 1 to 8 ft. Glauconite, either disseminated or in the form of pellets, is generally present. Sphalerite, pyrite, and chert are locally abundant as accessory minerals. The Belfast unit is considered to be limited to the eastern flank of the Cincinnati arch. In the western outcrop area the correlative bed is a dense limestone or argillaceous No. 4 BRASSFIELD LIMESTONE CLAY MINEROLOGY 229 dolomite (0.2 to 1.2 ft thick) which is occasionally present between typical Elkhorn and Lower Brassfield beds. The Upper and Lower Brassfield units are broken into northern and southern zones by a hiatus in outcrop pattern in southern Clinton County, as well as differ- ences in lithology. The northern zone of the Brassfield consists of two distinct units—the Lower Brassfield and Upper Brassfield. The Lower Brassfield is typically a light gray to white, fine to coarse-grained crystalline limestone. The crystalline texture is a result of recrystallization of fossil fragments. Green clay is locally present, TABLE 1 Analyses of the shaly portions of the Brassfield limestone Analyses (in percent) Newberry Section Sample Statigraphic unit CO3 loss MgCO3 Insoluble no. no. with acid material digestion Upper Brass field Dayton Upper Brass field Belfast Lower Brassfield Belfast Lower Brass field Upper Brassfield Lower Brassfield Dayton Upper Brassfield Lower Brassfield Belfast Elkhorn Lower Brassfield either in the disseminated state or as thin partings. Bedding varies from thin to massive, with crossbedding common. Field observations indicate that the Lower Brassfield limestone is extremely dolomitic in the Clark County area; the dolomite content decreases gradually in the direction of the Indiana border. In general, the dolomite content also decreases from the bottom to the top of the unit. Pyrite is a characteristic accessory, and sphalerite is locally present in minor quantities. 230 EHLERS AND HOOVER Vol. 51 The thickness of the unit varies from a minimum of 6 ft in Preble County to greater than 20 ft in Miami County. The Upper Brassfield of the northern zone is characteristically a pink, red, or gray, medium to coarse grained bioclastic limestone. Green clay, as partings, lenses, or disseminated material is much more abundant than in the Lower Brass- field. Hematite-rich oolites and fossil fragments are present in Clinton and Greene Counties; this zone grades into a red clay in the extreme northwestern portion of Greene County. Pyrite is present as a characteristic accessory. Glauconite is occasionally present in the upper portions of the unit. The thickness varies from 1 to 22 ft and shows rapid lateral variation. The dolomite content of the Upper Brassfield parallels that of the previously described Lower Brassfield. The Brassfield limestone of the southern zone has several features which are distinctly different from those of the northern zone. These are the following: lack of sharp lithologic differences between the upper and lower parts, a large I T II I ^——- FEE I N I E L ___-——^^^ 9 s FIGURE 3. Stratigraphic sections and sample locations of the Brassfield limestone. increase in the shale content, an increase in the number of chert nodules, and differences in many textural and structural features. Although the two rock types of the northern zone do not remain distinct in the southern zone, many of the distinguishing stratigraphic features persist, such as the ferruginous oolite zone, the basal brown limestone, and the course bioclastic texture of the Upper Brassfield. The most common rock type is a light to medium gray, fine to medium grained limestone. The interbedded green shale in some southern exposures constitutes the major portion of the unit (fig. 2), and as in the northern zone, the shale is more abundant in the upper portions. Chert, which occurs near the base, has no fixed stratigraphic position. Glauconite is fairly common throughout the unit, both as discrete beds as well as irregularly-distributed grains. Calcite is prevalent No. 4 BRASSFIELD LIMESTONE CLAY MINEROLOGY 231 throughout the unit, with the exception of the West Union area in Adams County, where a large proportion of dolomite is present. PROCEDURE Clay samples were collected from thin clay seams in limestone, from both drill cores and outcrops. The type of sample, its locality, and stratigraphic horizon are shown in figures 1 and 3. The carbonate minerals which occur in abundance within the clay seams were removed by treatment with dilute (1:3) glacial acetic acid; acetic acid treatment, in contrast to hydrochloric acid treatment, does not appreciably alter the clay- mineral assemblage. The samples were sieved with a 60-mesh screen, weighed, and placed in contact with acid for a minimum of 30 hr. The residue was filtered, given a triple washing with distilled water, evaporated, and reweighed. Newberry analyses for CaCO3, MgCO3, and insoluble material percentages were run on most of the samples. The results are given in table 1. Portions of each sample were mounted on glass slides for x-ray studies. Part of the sample was x-rayed by means of a Norelco low angle diffractometer. Copper radiation with a nickel filter was used. The speed was 2° 20 per min; critical reflections were run at 1° 20 per min. The area examined ranged from 2.31 to 22.07 A. All of the significant clay mineral peaks, as well as those of many common impurities fall within this range. A typical x-ray chart is shown in figure 4. The relative amounts of kaolinite and illite were determined on the basis of intensities of (001) reflections, as suggested by Murray (1953). This technique yields approximate differences in the form of a ratio, but the results are not quantitative. 232 EHLERS AND HOOVER Vol. 61 x'Ul of the samples were treated with ethylene glycol in order to determine the presence of montmorillonite, and to observe the nature of the mixed-layer struc- tures. In addition, all samples were rerun after being fired for one hr at 600° C in order to distinguish between chlorite and other clay minerals, as well as to observe effects on mixed-layer structures. The results of the x-ray analysis are given in table 2. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS Comparison of the Newberry analysis in table 1 with the sample locations clearly shows that the samples collected in the southern zone are richer in insoluble material (mainly clays) than those of the northern zone. It is also interesting to note, when comparing these analyses with the clay-mineral determinations, that y Intensit e Relativ 10 15 20 25 30 35 Degrees 2 6 FEGURE 4. Typical x-ray diffractometer pattern (Cu radiation) of a shaly portion of the Brassfield limestone. the composition of the clays is virtually the same, whether the sample was collected in a clay-rich band, or in a section with a high carbonate content. As can be noted from table 2, most of the samples collected in the southern part of the outcrop region contain illite and mixed-layer illite-chlorite as the predominant clay minerals, with lesser amounts of kaolinite, and occasional traces of chlorite. The more northern samples contain a similar suite, with the difference that the kaolinite is either absent or present in only trace amounts. These results are in agreement with similar clay-mineral studies by other investigators. Studies on the clay minerals associated with limestones and dolomites, such as those of Grim, Lamar, and Bradley (1937), Millot (1949), Grim (1951), and Robbins and Keller (1952), indicate that illite is the predominant clay mineral associated with carbonate rocks.
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